This is an analysis of the poem Kept Left To Leave that begins with:

A mess left kept,
Or kept left to leave......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDEFgXhhdiXabb XfcX ggfefijdjj ABCCDEFj efjccc XXXjeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,10,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 11101 0101100 1110110 01101 001111 0101000010 001101111 0100 01100001 10110101 11100111001 1010001 101 1001010101 10101001 110100001 1 101011101 100 1101111100 1101001 11 11010101 110111001 10110 1011110101 11001 0011001111 11100101 1110101101 0111 11101 0101100 1110110 01101 001111 0101000010 001010101 1 001001 01011110 1111 111010 001010110100 1 11011 11010 11101 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Kept Left To Leave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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